US Patent Issued to BNSF Railway on July 15 for "Auxiliary power controller" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,375, issued on July 15, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Auxiliary power controller" was invented by Michael Cleveland (Fort Worth, Texas) and James Taylor (Shady Shores, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by an auxiliary power controller, a first selection of one or more power input sources from a plurality of power input sources. The method also includes determining, by the auxiliary power controller, a first selection of one or more power consuming devices from a plurality of power consuming devices. The method further includes managing, by the auxiliary pow...